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Lisa Scheller making a fortune shipping American jobs overseas, closing American plans, and building plants in China is hurting her campaign.
The Morning Call dug into Scheller’s record, and here is what they found:
“The claim about Scheller’s company closing U.S. plants and opening plants in China is based in verifiable evidence.”
Scheller made millions from her company’s business in China and abroad
“In Scheller’s financial 2021 disclosure report on the U.S. House Clerk’s website, Scheller reports…between $1 million and $5 million in business income from Silberline in the company’s operations in the Shandong province of China, between $100,000 and $1 million in business income from Silberline’s location in Suzhou, China and Sao Paolo, Brazil, respectively and, between $50,000 and $100,000 in income from Silberline’s Puebla, Mexico, location.”
Scheller’s company closed two U.S. plants, built two in China – and is opening a third in China next year
“Silberline also closed two U.S. plants — one in Decatur, Indiana in 2019 and one in Lansford, Carbon County, in 2016. The company operates two plants in China according to its website, and has plans to open a third in 2023, according to a CEO Magazine report.”
Scheller outsourced American jobs
“However, according to a 2020 Morning Call article, 55 Indiana workers who lost their jobs were eligible for assistance from the Labor Department because Silberline ‘has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like or directly competitive with the article produced by the [Indiana] workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations.’”
Scheller shrunk her U.S. workforce by 60.5%
“The Morning Call verified the claim that Silberline’s U.S. job force has shrunk from 360 workers to 142 from 1998 until the present. According to a 1998 Morning Call article, Silberline employed 360 people across its three Pennsylvania plants. In Silberline’s 2021 Paycheck Protection Program application, the company reported 142 employees, a 60.5% decrease.”
DCCC spokesperson James Singer:
“The facts are clear: Lisa Scheller made a fortune shipping American jobs overseas, building factories in China, and she’s lied about it.”
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